Picasso’s Cardboard Guitars

Need to use up old scraps of cardboard? Why not turn them into guitars!

Our inspiration, Picasso’s Guitar Painting….

Studio Time

1. Shape. Students drew the shape of the guitar with pencil on the back of corrugated paper. As an option some students used templates, some did not.

2. Construction. Students then cut out the guitar shape and added an additional long, narrow piece of cardboard to represent the neck of the guitar.

3. Details. Strings were added with jute or twine and short toilet paper tubes were glued under the strings to hold the them up. Add some funky oil pastels designs, scraps of paper for the hole of the guitar and glue down old buttons to complete the look.

Thanks guys!Phyl, I know they are so fun! I just always try to “Standards based” every project. 🙂 The kids who are not in Art Club are asking who made those????? I always try to have some different projects to keep the clients coming for next years club.HAHA

Great project! I am going to try this project with one of my summer classes-I've done Picasso style guitars in various ways-check out my blog-DoArtImagineExploreCreat.blogspot.com for a blue period lesson. (if you like)

I have also done a painted wood cut out guitar (using collage materials and twisteez wire for the strings) as a Willam H.Johnson lesson-kids LOVE that one! Thanks for sharing-I added you to my blog list.

Your banner is wonderful too and is inspiring me for an upcoming Hundertwasser lesson I have scheduled. Did you get the idea from him? It has a very similar feel to his work.

Thanks Edna!The header was just a mural I had 2nd and 3rd graders create. I put up the paper and told them to paint flowers. 4th graders came in next and added oil pastels designs. 2nd graders made the little houses. SO fun and SOOO easy! 🙂

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I have been teaching elementary art for 20 years in Ohio. I love my job and watching my 750 students enjoy the process of creating. I love incorporating children's literature with art lessons, and anything to do with fun, colorful art. I am a mom to two lovable kids. I love to see fun projects and mix it up to create a new project. If you do post about a project please reference back to my blog. It is great getting comments and feedback to pass along to my students. Thanks for checking it out!
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